Developmental delay in a resource-constrained environment: An approach to early intervention

Abstract

With a reduction in mortality rates of children under 5 years, in low- and middle-income countries, the responsibility to provide quality care to the increased number of surviving children becomes essential. Many of these children present with developmental delay and the onus inevitably rest on the healthcare system. There is, therefore, the need for recognising timely intervention as routine care for these children, who may have potential for a better quality of life with intervention. The authors advocate for early referral and intervention, and provide a brief overview of a holistic approach to developmental delay in low resourced settings from their perspective.

The Relationship between Young Children’s Graphomotor Skills and Their Environment: A Cross-Sectional Study

“…As Bronfenbrenner and Evans (2000) previously noted, the bioecological model is not a theory about how human beings develop, but rather, it aims to improve our understanding of the conditions and processes that influence human development [24]. Moreover, understanding the relationship between environmental factors and preschool motor skills is useful for both educators and clinicians in order to implement context-sensitive early intervention action [75]. In that regard, we believe that our current findings have furthered our knowledge about the contextual conditions as well as personal characteristics that influence children's graphomotor development.…”